The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-04


chimneys, and other stuff. Mind the
horse now!'
So saying of she went.
Rose sat very quiet for some min
utes, peeping from the depths OF the
bonnet. 1t was dreadful, this having
to wait when she was in for a frolic
Ten, Is minutes went by, when, IT.
the distance sounded the locomotive
whistle.
"Whew" mimicked Rose, "a grand
nephew coming. l suppose her idea o:
n good-!ooking chap is one that car
do all manner OF hard work, and |,
great gawk of fellow he is, | know"
Her revery was interrupted by the
stopping OF the train and the rush OF
passengers getting on and of. With
ting.a-ling, puff and snort, the
great engine steamed out again with
long line OF cars trailing after.
Rose had all she could do to man
age the restless old mare. When
Doane finally got quiet, Rose looked
over towards the depot in search oil
the gilt chain, that being uppermost
in her mind. The passengers had al
gone their several ways, except two,
these were lady and gentleman.
There was O. cloud OF dust, q car
riaae drove up, and amid shower Of
greetings, the lady was helped in, ano
Immediately driven of. Rose came tc
the conclusion that the tall gentleman
must be the nephew aforesaid, who
espying Miss Patty's turnout, came
over.
excuse me, madam, but / believe
this is Miss Patty Slocum's rig, is it
not, and did she send you down for
me?"
"Tm in for it now" thought Rose,
"he thinks Pm the hired girl, no
doubt, but I'll carry it through or die
Tor the girls would make a laughing
stock OF me-"
Aloud she said: "You can jump ir
Il you like; Miss Slocum will be out
presently; she is in the postotlice, and
expect her every minute, now"
Contrary to her expectation, ne
seated himself beside her, and, with
q polite ALLOW me-" he took the reins
rom her hands.
Miss Patty's watchful eyes had tax
IN in oil that occurred outside, and
aow appeared at the open door.
"Pll be there in just three minutes
Tom; just make yourself agreeable to
the young Miss; she's going to help me
bit for week or So"
"I'll wait three hours, Aunty, il
you like; I'm not at all in a hurry"
and the brown eyes were as full OF
mischief as those OF Rose. Roses
we're as blue as the sky, though might
have been green or yellow for all the
glimpse Tom could get OF them.
He was mentally matchmaking
sunbonnets OF all descriptions, and
wondering il the man who invented
them was dead yet; if not, he wanted
to make a target OF him Immediately
As the being beneath the Ito him)
hideous structure was rather quiet
he concluded to bide his time, and II
it proved interesting he meant to
have all the fun possible during his
two weeks stay. He soliloquized
thus: Now Aunty is as sharp as a
steel trap, and if this little piece here
does not toe the mark she won't have
her around, but we'll fix things. ]
wish she'd throw back that confound'
ed headgear and let fellow see what
she is like"
Presently Miss Patty, having com.
pleted her purchases, stepped out, and
was handed into the wagon by the
clerk, he being glad OF an excuse to
satisfy his curiosity regarding the oc'
.upants OF the front seat.
The sun by this time was getting
very hot, and Miss Patty told Tom
TO drive along right smart, as she had
dinner to get yet, and they had three
miles or so to go.
"Why, yes, Aunty, know the pre-.
else distance; why shouldn't l, when
lived here so many years; seems as
though you've more enterprising folks
about here than there were thres
years ago."
well, yes; you see, since them sem
mary girls came, seems as though II
is livelier about here; you know they
built the seminary the fall you went
away" .......
Old Doane did her best. and withir
half an hour they were in sight OF 6
white house with green blinds, ant
lovely trees and immense rose bushes
"Jest drive around to the back, Tom
I've got a lot of traps, and | don't
like to lug 'em clear through the
house." Having done as he was de
sired, he sprung nimbly to the ground
helped Miss Patty out, then handed
her the bundles, and lastly gave Ross
q firm, good-sized hand and very awk
wardly knocked of that terrible bon
net. Rose united the strings to get G
little air during the drive home: Thu